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Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste

More rich than other climes' fertility.

Fer`ti*li*za"tion (?), n.
1. The act or process of rendering
fertile.

2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or
impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in
flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process
in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.

Close fertilization (Bot.), the
fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the
same blossom. -- Cross fertilization,
fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under
Cross, a.

Fer"ti*lize (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Fertilized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fertilizing (?).] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with
nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to
fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.


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